Sweden Diverts 15 Police Officials to Investigate Copyright Infringement
With the Pirate Party of Sweden on the rise, you’d think that diverting police resources to target alleged copyright infringers such as file-sharers online would be political suicide in that country. After copyright law reforms and the prosecution of the admins of The Pirate Bay, it appears as though the citizens of Sweden will [...]
Wind In Their Sails – Pirate Party Support Growing Nationally and Internationally
After effectively winning two seats in the European Election, it seems that support for the party has only grown both during and after the election on a national level and international level.
The support for the Pirate Party on an international level has sailed to historic record support in many places. The German Pirate Party [...]
Court Review Says Pirate Bay Trial Judge Not Biased
Concludes his membership in several pro-copyright groups was merely an educational tool that increased his knowledge of the issues.
The Stockholm District Court reviewing the charge of bias leveled against presiding Pirate Bay trial Judge Tomas Norström has concluded that the accusation is unfounded.
The charge was leveled after revelations that during the trial for [...]
The Pirate Bay Urges EU Users to Get Out and Vote
In some parts of the world, like Canada, it’s very difficult to motivate a younger audience (like, around 30 years or younger) to actually go to the polls and vote. Meanwhile, in Sweden, the election that was once touted as the “forgotten” election, that is, the EU Election, and turned it into a surprisingly [...]
Famous Swedish Writer – Why I’m Voting Pirate Party
Freedom of expression, digital rights and privacy in a digital era. How many people knew topics like that would be a critical election issue in Europe 25 years ago? At first, the movement to bring these issues to the forefront started on someone’s personal website, but now a famous Swedish writer is throwing [...]
Latest Poll – Pirate Party Could Win a Seat in EU Election
Early voting has already taken place in Europe and a new poll is out. The Pirate Party now has 7.9% support of the Swedish voting population. While well behind leading incumbent parties, it’s still enough to actually win at least one seat in the European Parliament. All this after election problems and [...]
Swedish Government Wants to Force ISPs to Retain Data for 6 Months
A newly leaked government report is suggesting that the Swedish government is planning on implementing a new law that would force ISPs to retain all user information for a period of six months. the Swedish minister stressed that nothing is set in stone regarding this, but a theory is already being put forth that [...]
STUDY: Sweden’s Pirate Party to Win 2 Seats in EU Parliament
Outrage over conviction of BitTorrent tracker site the Pirate Bay continues to rise.
The entertainment industry may have won the first phase of its copyright infringement case against Swedish BitTorrent tracker site the Pirate Bay, but in the end it’s file-sharers who’ll surely win.
Many of the country’s youth have been angered over what they see as [...]
Swedish Pirate Party Predicted to Win EU Parliament Seat
Pirate Bay guilty verdict surges membership to over 42,000, and leads pollsters to predict it will surpass the 4% threshold necessary to get a Swedish seat in the assembly.
The conviction of Swedish BitTorrent tracker site for facilitating copyright infringement continues to reverberate in that country.
Many youth have been angered over what they see as an [...]
Sweden – Fighting Back Against the FRA Law
They are mad that the law was passed and they are not taking it anymore. Many who were vocal about the warrentless wiretapping law passing are now taking steps to strike the law down any way possible.
We have been following the dramatic events unfolding in Sweden for some time now. The news of [...]
